World’s biggest dredge plan is on the way

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It is reported that the world’s largest trailing dredge will arrive at Lyttelton Port in three weeks to begin a deepening project that has troubled local iwi and surfing groups.

The 230 metre-long 30m wide Fairway will widen the navigation channel by 20m and deepen it for vessels with a 13.3m draft. The first stage will lengthen the channel by 2.5 kilometres and will take 11 weeks.Container vessels currently visiting Lyttelton commonly carry 4500-5000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), and that will increase to 5500-6500 TEUs with larger vessels. With further dredging, vessels carrying 8000-9000 TEUs will be able to call at Lyttelton in future.

It is significant to conduct this dredging project,and it will benefit environment and people who are related to this plan.

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Shore in Virginia gets federal funds for dredging projects

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It is reported that two dredging projects on the Eastern Shore of Virginia are among Virginia projects receiving a total of nearly $56 million in new federal funding.

The Eastern Shore projects include $250,000 for maintenance dredging of the Chincoteague Inlet and $1.75 million for work on the Waterway on the Coast of Virginia, including maintenance dredging to provide boats a protected, 90-mile, north-south route connecting harbors on the Eastern Shore to each other and to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.In recent instances of dredging projects on the seaside of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Wachapreague Channel dredging in 2013 cost approximately $775,000 and Bradford’s Bay Channel dredging cost about $1,125,000 in 2014.

There is no doubt that the project will benefit many people who live nearby and local environment.It will bring local areas a bright future and more challenges.

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New dredging challenges for port and harbor

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It is reported that a meeting was held by ICE Kolkata Local Association.Mr. Ron M J Gardner, MSc, CEng FICE, was recently invited by the ICE Kolkata Local Association (LA) members to deliver a technical talk on “Challenges of Dredging for Port & Harbor: Development in the UK and its relevance to Indian Conditions”, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said in their latest release.

He had worked in the prestigious “Transmanche Link” between England and France and the “Oresund Crossing” connecting Denmark and Sweden. In retirement, he is a senior examiner for the ICE and a Panel Vice Chairman.

Mr. Gardner also demonstrated by pictures the extent and magnitude of development and modification project undertaken where he was involved. He explained the various technical issues related to assess and carry out dredging inside the existing port and further development works to enhance its ferry traffic and commercial cargo handling capacities.

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A harbor dredging project is added in Arcadia

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It is reported that two more area harbors will be dredged after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District announced additions to its fiscal year 2018 program based on the recently approved Work Plan.

This additional $79 million will be used in 2018 to repair breakwaters, dredge harbors and complete various projects and studies throughout the Great Lakes.Arcadia Harbor will receive $225,000 and Frankfort Harbor will receive $400,000 for dredging work.The Detroit District’s work plan increase of $79 million includes 21 dredging projects and four repair, replacement, or construction projects. Significant funding ($57,580,000) will be applied to the Soo Locks to help further asset renewal projects and the major rehabilitation of key components of the MacArthur and Poe Locks. In addition, the work plan includes design funding for two environmental projects.

This project is meaningful to local environment and people who live nearby.It will benefit the sea activity in long run.

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The dredging project in Indiana is underway

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It is reported that a dredging project in Indiana is underway.

The contractors, a joint venture with Kokosing Construction Company, Ohio and O’Brien and Gere, Illinois, will dredge approximately 120,000 cubic yards this dredge cycle.Over the next few years, the entire federal channel will be dredged to congressionally-authorized navigation depths, including the removal of sediments in adjacent berthing and docking areas at a nonfederal expense.The navigation project consists of a harbor channel ranging in depth from 27 to 29 feet low water datum, and two canals with depths of 22 feet. The project includes the operation and maintenance of the East Chicago, Ind., confined disposal facility.

This dredging project is significant to local environment and people who live nearby.It will also benefit the river construction and strengthen the river maintenance.The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier

The dredging project in Indiana is underway

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It is reported that dredging works resumed at Indiana Harbor June 4, 2018, and will continue through fall 2018, a continuation of the dredging that began in September 2017 and stopped November 2017 for the winter season.

The contractors, a joint venture with Kokosing Construction Company, Ohio and O’Brien and Gere, Illinois, will dredge approximately 120,000 cubic yards this dredge cycle. The navigation project consists of a harbor channel ranging in depth from 27 to 29 feet low water datum, and two canals with depths of 22 feet. The project includes the operation and maintenance of the East Chicago, Ind., confined disposal facility.

This kind of dredging is very significant. Since 2012, over 1 million cubic yards of sediment has been removed from the waterway and confined, greatly reducing the contaminants that had previously been washing into Lake Michigan, and improving the efficiency of deep draft commercial navigation.

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